[06/04/12 - 11:04 PM]Development Update: Monday, June 4Updates include: Mads Mikkelsen is set as NBC's "Hannibal"; Jerry O'Connell to play Herman Munster on NBC's "Mockingbird Lane"; and MTV eyes a small screen take on "Scream."

DESCRIPTION:(from MTV's press release, August 2014) MTV and Dimension TV announced today that Jamie Travis ("For A Good Time Call" and "Faking It") will direct the highly anticipated "Scream" pilot and that it has cast Willa Fitzgerald ("Alpha House," "Royal Pains"), Amy Forsyth ("Torment," "Reign"), John Karna ("Premature," "The Neighbors"), Carlson Young ("Key and Peele," "The Kroll Show") and Amadeus Serafini for key roles in the pilot. "We are excited to be in business with the formidable Weinstein brothers," said Susanne Daniels, President of Programming for MTV. "'Scream' is an iconic franchise, and MTV is the perfect network to bring this consistently surprising film to life on television." "SCREAM has been one of our largest and most treasured franchises at Dimension and we are thrilled to embark on the next chapter and join forces with a network that we love," said Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films. "I am so pleased to be working with Susanne Daniels to bring this ground breaking franchise to MTV and continue its history." MTV announced a pilot order to a series adaptation of the hit horror film franchise with Dimension TV in May 2013. Jill Blotevogel ("Harper's Island," "Ravenswood") is the executive producer and will showrun. Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin ("Criminal Minds," "The Event," and "Revenge") wrote the original script. Under the Dimension TV production umbrella, Harvey and Bob Weinstein will executive produce. Additional Executive Producers are Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena and Cathy Konrad.